Gaborone vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$268	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$729
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	39	44
😀 Quality of life	56	43
🏙️ Population	236K	6.65M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 17% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 6941st and 7767th ($691 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 276th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Hengyang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Hengyang

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	Gaborone	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$8454

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600